elephant grass
ten foot high
all we got
twice too high
shirtless boy
staring up at me
all he got
still smoking in the trees
chewing a cigarette
spooning a canned peach
all I got
I left on the beach
office no windows
paper trail to waste
all they got
a sterile world away
baby killers -- zoom!
they see us on the news
all they got
a shrinking, burning fuse
the front is the rear
is the wait is the fear
is the rain is the heat
is the kill is the meat
is the rot is the boot
is the spike is the foot
is the blood is the loam
is the war is our home
the war is our home…